A new poll shows that Americans strongly prefer first lady Melania Trump's White House Christmas decorating style over the designs unveiled by Jill Biden and Michelle Obama during their time in the residence.
The survey of 1,000 registered voters, conducted Dec. 20 and 21 by JL Partners for the Daily Mail, showed 61% chose Trump's 2025 decorations over the 39% who selected Biden's 2024 look.
Respondents were shown two photos, without names attached, and were asked to pick the style they preferred.
The preference held across party lines, the poll found.
Republicans, independents, and Democrats all leaned toward Trump's decorations in the head-to-head comparison, including Democrats by a 54%-to-46% margin over Biden's.
Trump's decor also beat Obama's by a wider gap. In a separate comparison, 67% selected Trump's style over Obama's 2016 decorations, with Democrats again choosing Trump's look by 62% to 38%.
The "nameless" format offered a test designed to reduce the impact of preconceived views about the first ladies themselves, the pollsters said, suggesting aesthetic preferences can shift when voters do not know whose decorations they are judging.
The poll comes after a wave of online backlash aimed at HGTV this year, with some viewers threatening a boycott after the channel aired a one-hour program showing more than 100 volunteers decorating the White House with large trees, ornate ornaments, and sweeping garlands.
For Melania Trump, the favorable results mark a notable contrast with a moment that resurfaced in her time as first lady.
In a secretly recorded conversation reported in 2018, she could be heard venting about the holiday workload, using obscenities.
The Daily Mail also pointed to earlier polling from 2017 that found Trump's decorations outperforming Biden's in a similar comparison, including narrow support among Democrats in that earlier survey.
Beyond decor, JL Partners' poll also asked about holiday music and traditions.
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" topped the list as Americans' favorite song at 26%, while "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" was most often labeled the most irritating at 35%, according to the results.
Among traditions respondents most wanted to drop, "ugly Christmas sweaters" led at 22%, followed by "Elf on the Shelf" at 15% and matching family pajamas at 14%.
The poll also revisited the long-running "Die Hard" debate, with more respondents rejecting the idea that it's a Christmas movie (47%) than accepting it (37%).
And when asked about politics at the holiday table, President Donald Trump was rated overall as the least desirable politician to sit next to, while Republicans most often named former President Joe Biden as their least preferred seatmate.
Republicans said they'd most like to sit next to Trump, while Democrats favored Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris, the poll found.